US6904004B1 - Audio system with variable random-play option - Google Patents

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US6904004B1
US6904004B1 US09/685,554 US68555400A US6904004B1 US 6904004 B1 US6904004 B1 US 6904004B1 US 68555400 A US68555400 A US 68555400A US 6904004 B1 US6904004 B1 US 6904004B1
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  • the invention relates to a system and method for play-out of audio or video content using a random-play-option.
  • Conventional CD players and jukeboxes allow users to specify their Favorite Track Selections (FTS) and play-lists, and typically also have a random-play option (RPO).
  • FTS Favorite Track Selections
  • RPO random-play option
  • the FTS option lets the user pre-select his/her favorites and enables to play-out these tracks only.
  • the RPO is an operational mode of the apparatus wherein tracks are being selected and played in a varying, non-sequential order. Selection in the random-play mode is achieved through, e.g., a random number generator. Examples and implementations of random-play control circuitry are discussed in, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,543,925 (Philips), U.S. Pat. No. 4,841,506 (Pioneer); U.S. Pat. No.
  • the RPO operates on a pre-determined play-list, typically the list consisting of the entire inventory currently accessible in the apparatus, e.g., the inventory of tracks of a CD.
  • a pre-determined play-list typically the list consisting of the entire inventory currently accessible in the apparatus, e.g., the inventory of tracks of a CD.
  • many songs in the music collection never get played anymore in the FTS mode, even though the user might occasionally like to hear a “non-favorite”.
  • the inventor proposes a variable RPO in CE play-out equipment using a random-access content inventory, such as a CD player, an audio CD jukebox, an MP3 player, a DVD library, etc.
  • the invention provides a hardware or software knob, dial or slider on the equipment that lets the user specify a certain amount of flexibility for the equipment to randomly or systematically play out content segments or tracks in addition to those of the FTS.
  • the knob covers a range 0-100%.
  • a 10% setting allows the machine to add one randomly chosen track that is not on favorite track list, to the current play-out list after playing out 10 favorites.
  • a 50% setting allows every other track to be chosen from the entire selection.
  • a 100% setting represents the traditional fully random play mode.
  • the selection can be based on a purely random selection, or on a knowledge base (“IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO LIKE THIS TOO.”).
  • the knowledge base can reside on the user's home network as his/her profile or on a remote server possibly on the Web.
  • the invention relates to equipment, typically CE equipment, for playing out audio or video content, pre-recorded, live, or a mix thereof.
  • the equipment has a user-variable random-play option for control of the playing out to allow a user to determine a frequency of random selection from among the content.
  • the equipment allows the user to indicate selections from the content; and the frequency is chosen with respect to playing out the selections.
  • the selections can be identified based on a user-profile.
  • the invention also relates to a method of enabling playing out pre-recorded content. The method allows a user to determine a frequency of random selection from among the content for control of the playing out.
  • the invention can be implemented using a client-server architecture.
  • a server on e.g., the Internet supplies streamable content such as personalized video or audio programs based on, e.g., the user's profile.
  • a frequency of randomly chosen programs can be set by the user, for example to create a personalized Electronic Program Guide (EPG), wherein programs of pre-specified or user-profiled topics are alternated with programs randomly chosen from one or more or all other categories to fill up the EPG.
  • EPG Electronic Program Guide
  • random selection as used herein is meant to cover “genuinely random” as well as “pseudo-random” and “substantially random” to indicate any mechanism that is perceived by the user to select content in an unbiased manner from a larger collection.
  • the system comprises a data base for representing schedule information associated with scheduled content information from a content provider such as a broadcasting station or a video-on-demand (VOD) service.
  • a content provider such as a broadcasting station or a video-on-demand (VOD) service.
  • the data base also represents inventory information that is associated with content information available from another resource, e.g., as recorded at the consumer's digital Personal TV Receiver during previous broadcasts, or from a CD or DVD jukebox.
  • ECG electronic content guide
  • a collection management system for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded.
  • the system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval.
  • a collection management, system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC.
  • CE consumer electronic
  • PC personal or home computer
  • the collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on.
  • a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system in the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system 100 in the invention.
  • System 100 in this example comprises an audio system that allows selection of music tracks for play out.
  • System 100 comprises a music data base 102 , a play-out component 104 , and a control system 106 for enabling the user to control a selection of tracks from data base 102 , their order for play-out and the play-out mode via component 104 .
  • System 106 has a categorized inventory 108 of tracks available to this user.
  • Inventory 108 has categorized the tracks according to, e.g., favorites per genre, and also has an index of all available tracks.
  • Inventory 108 comprises pointers to a sub-set or to all items available in data base 102 .
  • System 106 comprises a track selector 114 that selects the tracks from inventory 108 based on one or more criteria as specified by user input 110 and 112 .
  • Selector 114 controls a play-list generator 116 that creates a play-list 118 .
  • Play list 118 determines which tracks are selected from data base 102 for being played out by play-out component 104 .
  • Track selector 114 receives an input from a user-interface (UI) 120 that lets the user specify a mode of operation.
  • UI 120 has options 122 , 124 and 126 accessible through, e.g., hard buttons.
  • Option 122 lets the user activate a play list manually prepared by the user in advance. This option 122 requires that the user have made a manual selection from inventory 108 , e.g., via input 110 .
  • Option 124 lets the user control selector 114 to find tracks similar, but not necessarily identical, to the ones in a current play-list.
  • system 106 has a look-up table or similarity data base 128 .
  • CD titles or albums have been categorized as “classical”, “romance”, “hard-rock”, etc. If a classical favorite track list is selected other music categorized as “classical” can be inserted randomly as similar.
  • system 100 is implemented as a client-server architecture with a remote server on the Internet, system 100 has access to data bases that have been generated by collaborative filtering. These data bases comprise personal recommendations generated by determining a degree of similarity between a user's preferences and that of other people. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No.
  • This document relates to an automated collaborative filtering system for recommending at least one item to a first user based on similarity in preference of the user as compared with other users.
  • the filtering system stores rating data for items provided by users of the system.
  • the system determines similarity values for the first user as compared with other users that have provided rating data for items that the first user has also rated. Based on the similarity values, a subgroup of users is selected that is then used to provide recommendations to the first user.
  • Option 126 controls the random-play mode.
  • Selector 114 is coupled to a random generator 130 to randomize selection from inventory 108 , or from a sub-set thereof.
  • the degree of randomness is made variable through a user input 132 , here referred to as a fudge knob.
  • a user input 132 here referred to as a fudge knob.
  • the user can introduce a degree of randomness through fudge knob 132 .
  • current play list 118 is replaced by a fully random selection from inventory 108 , or a from specified sub-set, under control of generator 130 .
  • If knob 132 is turned to “0%” play list 118 is processed unaltered.
  • play-list 118 is modified accordingly. The result is that player 104 plays randomly chosen tracks and pre-specified tracks at a ratio represented by the value indicated by the position of fudge knob 132 .
  • System 100 is for example accommodated in single apparatus, or forms a cluster of apparatus in the home.
  • system 100 is a distributed system, e.g., a client-server architecture, wherein the user has play-out device 104 with UI functionalities 120 and 108 , and wherein the actual preparation of the play-list and the supply of the music done via a remote server or a cluster of cooperating remote servers, streamed in real time or downloaded in advance to the user's client hard-disk drive (HDD).
  • HDD hard-disk drive

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CNB018030874A CN100375191C (zh) 2000-10-10 2001-09-26 具有可变随机播放选项的声频系统
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